OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19970310/WLURG39_RTP_19970310_001.2.txt 1 ff? .1’ ‘J78, 7553 G11 ittng-tum VOLUME NUMBER. 19 ~a#/ I"'~ Feb.» I/. .7 .4 l’l~."Iz J3: WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY i 0 TIAR 1 :1 I997 »1'*‘W=I.~:'l*=.~N lW»“«‘—~"~‘x’_, , w. I LEE. Iimrtvwm. I:f><;:ee‘.a1'<)N.vA M405? MARCH 10, 1997 SENIORS WIN PRIZE: Congratulations are in order for the winners of this year’s Edward L. Pinney Prize for extraordinary commitment to personal scholarship and to the nurturing of intellectual life at W&L. The recipients are seniors Natalie Messmore and Melissa Sawyer. Edward Lee Pinney, professor of politics, who died in 1980. FORMER ‘PRISONER HOSTS LUNCH: Rev. Dr. Marc Nikkel, a former prisoner of the Sudanese lunch in the University Center next Wednesday during which he will discuss the civil conflict in the Sudan and the role of the Christian Church in the region. Rev. Nikkel was abducted during his time at Bishop Gwynn College in 1987 and was held for two months. He returned to the Sudan to serve as adviser for theological education in the Diocese of Bor. ‘ The lunch will begin at 1 p.m.; students, faculty and staff are invited. Contact Ms. Karen Lyle at 8798 for information about reservations. BE A SMALL GROUP LEADER: 2001 are available outside Carol Calkins’ office and are due on Friday. If you have any questions, call Will at 464-1914 or Steve 463-7089. DS PRESENTS 50’S NIGHT: Evans Dining Hall will host a 50’s Karioke Night on Thursday 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Grand prizes will be awarded for the best Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley look alikes and the best karioke act. BREEN SPEAKS ON REVOLUTION: Students of pre-Revolutionary American history will want to attend “Ideology and Nationalism on the Eve of the American Revolution: Revisions Once More In Need of Revising,” a lecture given by Timothy H. Breen on Wednesday. Breen is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University and will present the annual Society ofthe Cincinnati lecture at 8 p.m. in Northen Audito- rium. The public is invited to attend. I ATTEND “RAUNCHY” CONCERT: W&L’s concert series of 20th century music, Sonoklect, will present composer Donald Erb in concert with the Verdehr Trio 8 p.m. Saturday in the Lenfest Center. Erb’s music is called “ vital, agressive, raunchy...even whiz bang,” says Terry Vosbein, director of Sonoklect. PHI BETA KAPPA ELECTS MEMBERS: Thirty—three Washington and Lee undergraduates and one professor will be formally initiated as members of the Virginia Gamma chapter of Phi Beta Kappa 12:15 p.m. Thursday in Lee Chapel. Henry L. Roediger, III, professor of psychology at Wash- ington University and an alumni of W&L is scheduled to address the convocation on “Lessons from Psychology’s First Century.” JOURNALIST SPEAKS ON ETHICS: David V. I-Iawpe, the editor of The Courier _Journal of Louisville Kentucky and an award-winning journalist, will give the keynote address for W&L’s Journalism Ethics Insti- tute. Hawpe’s will give his address “Richard Jewell, Tim McVeigh, and the Rest of Us” 4:30 p.m. Friday in Room 327 of the C-school. LEARN TO FLY-TIE: Members of the Outing Club will teach students how to fly- tie. All skill levels are welcome. Instruction begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Call 4066 if you are interested. —COMPILED BY PEGGY Srumz The prize was established by the W&L faculty to honor People’s Liberation Army, will hold an hour-long brown bag Applications for Orientation Group Leaders for the Class of “F O P I N I O N From the Right looks at the democratic fundraising scandal. The FD date search continues. Prince ‘ Charming cleans his fraternity’s basement. F FEATURES Generalprobe prepares for stage perfor- _‘r mance of Einen Jux will er sichimachen. Come hear the “sophisticated and soul- ful” sound of The Nudes this Friday. Celebrate Women’s History Month with It the Musical Ladies. PSPORTS * The Big Fan celebrates his 21‘~1st birthday and dis- cusses a myriad of sports. W&L§names the manager of the new Duchossois Tennis Center. Spike Lee talks about his career BY ANNE ALVORD PHI ExcuTIvE EDITOR There was standing room only when Director Spike Lee spoke in Lee Chapel Wednesday night. The lineto enter ex- tended from the chapel door, across the front lawn, to the entrance of Payne Hall. Lee, one of the most prominent and influential filmmakers of our time with such films as “ Malcom X,” “ Do the Right Thing,” “ Mo’ Better Blues,” and “She’s Gotta Have It” to his credit, dis- cussed his experiences as a filmmaker, his impressions of the place of black filmmakers in particular, and race rela- tions in America. Lee never expected to become a film- maker. As a child, he went to the movies every weekend with his friends, but mov- ies were “just fun, then you went home.” He attended Moorehouse College in Georgia, where he decided in his sopho- more year to major in mass communica- tions. When he graduated from Moorehouse, he applied to the top three film schools in the country and choose to attend New York University. The three-year graduate program in- cluded very little time in the classroom; most time was spent making films, which Lee says is the only way to learn to be a filmmaker. In his third year at NYU, Lee won the Student Academy Award. After graduating from film school in 1982, Lee was hesitant to go to Holly- wood with script in hand, because there Do youneed a ride? The new Ride Share Bulletin Board assists students with finding a way to get home :3 V BY TOM WADLow PHI ASSISTANT NEws EDITOR were very few African—American film- makers at the time. His agent advised him to “wait by the phone.” Eventually, Lee gave up waiting and went indepen- dent. During this time, Lee wrote “Mes- senger,” which was never made because of lack of funding. This time was key to Lee’s career; he considered giving up filmmaking and teaching cinema arts. He realized that “Messenger” was too ambitious for a young filmmaker such as himselfand decided to make a less ambi- tious film. This film was “She’s Gotta Have It.” It was shot in 12 days in July 1985. The total cost of the film was $175,000 and was funded day by day. When it was released the next year, the film made $8.5 million. Today, Lee uses Hollywood for fi- nancing and distribution. I “Malcom X” had an original budget of $33 million. Warner Brothers would only fund $21 million of it, and another $7 million was raised by the foreign rights to the film. After several months of filming, the money ran out, and the project was shut down. Lee refused to see his dream die and refused to compro- mise on quality. He followed the ex- ample of Malcom X himself, that blacks need to rely on themselves in times of trouble, and called on several prominent black friends for financial help. The film was eventually completed without com- promising quality. Last year’s film “Get on the Bus” II that W&L also needed. “He just e-mailed [us] out of the blue,” Knudson said. Do you need a ride out of Lexington for spring break? Can you give a ride to someone else? Instead of posting dozens of flyers all over campus, post just one where everyone can see it: on the web. Now under ‘‘In the Spotlight” oIHV&L’s homepage, you can go out to a web-based message board and tell everybody you need a ride. \ Developed by University Computing’s Network and System Specialist Jeff Knudson, the Ride Share Bulle- tin Board allows you to specify who you are, whether you need a ride or can give a ride, when you need to go Knudson said. or plan to leave, your point of origin and your destina- tion, your e-mail address and your telephone number and any other information that you would want to put down. The message automatically expires after the date that you enter, but you can also easily delete the mes- sage if you find what you need. The idea came to Knudson after Kurt Riegel, former Lexingtonian and son of a former W&L professor, sent an e-mail to University Computing saying that he had seen something similar. He thought it was something it. Ride Share Bulletin Board 8?: tv..-.wa.pmu-¢uI.yu...»u.I~.uao~.n.-u:..¢-o...‘- mus:-uy~a¢..w-n_m.I..;..iII.m,.n¢~uuwm-¢¢ .4mum-ymrmmnmmainmmimg...o.n..w...:.nyru~aa-uynuuarsnan-nv-lung:--an gnaw: um. _ 5 lat: AII:v\,..I:ItE7I l.‘.~.::-wrrmrl NI Na’ Il~llF.r1rlva.Itdhlr:pumIIauv->uM.vI4, I9 rmiA:1m¢-nVA- TaII::1iI1r«I)I’A Screen capture by Tom Wadlow Knudson’s Ride Share Bulletin Board is accessible from the W&L homepage. back up in one hour. Knudson said that he searched the web for one, but couldn’t find anything that would be useful so he “just wrote one.” Since his program was put on the web it has never been without messages, Knudson said. In fact, it has become so popular that a local ISP (Internet Service Provider) Rockbridge Global Village and the Virginia Mili- tary Institute have both put links to it off of their web pages. “It’s kind-of turned into a community-wide thing,” To check out the Ride Share Bulletin Board for yourself go to http://www.wlu.edu/cgi-bin/rideboard or click on “In the Spotlight” off of W&L’s main page. ‘Talk’ program disabled Students wanting to talk to their friends over the Internet using the talk program have found themselves out of luck lately. Liberty’s system administrators have turned off ‘talk’ after a report that there were vulner- abilities in the talkd daemon, the controlling program that allows talk to work, that would allow people to gain super-user access on the server. The talk program will be down until Hewlett Packard, the manufacturer of Liberty, writes a patch for the talk daemon. W&L loses access to Internet I At about 3 a.m. Sunday, the entire Roanoke ladder went down, cutting off Internet access to the majority ofsouthwestern Virginia includingthe W&L network. Users on the W&L network were not able to access any Internet resources outside of campus. Mid-morning, Bell Atlantic Internet Services, the W&L internet service provider, told Network and Sys- tem Specialist Jeff Knudson that the system would be W&L’s connection was restablished Sunday night; however, it was not stable. Photo by Anne Alvord Director Spike Lee held a press conference prior to his speech in Lee Chapel last Wednesday night. seemed to Lee to show he had come the full circle. It was reminiscent of “She’s Gotta Have It” in many ways. The film was shot in 18 days. Columbia Pictures wanted to fund the film, but because the film was about Louis Fharkaran’s Mil- lion Man March, Lee wanted to fund the film with private money. The $2.4 million cost of the film was raised from 15 prominent African—American men in entertainment, sports and business. The film was later sold to Columbia pictures for $3.6 million. Lee’s current projects include a film for HBO which tells the story of four young girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birming- ham and print, radio and broadcast ads for the Holyfield/Tyson rematch. Following his speech, Lee answered questions from the audience. Senior Steve Frame asked whether in “Do the Right Thing” Mookie did the right thing when he threw the garbage can through the window of Sal’sFamousPizzeria. Leesaidthisquestion demonstrates the lack of understanding be- tween black and white"America. “A black would never ask that ques- tion,” he said. ' Geology students selected for consortium BY ERICA PRossER PHI STAFF WRITER This summer Washington and Lee University will host the Keck Consor- tium, and two geology students will have the privilege of attending. The Keck Consortium, funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation, provides re- search opportunities for geology stu- dents and sponsors three major activi- ties: student-faculty research projects, workshops and a spring symposium for the presentation and discussion of find- ings. Sophomores Erin Kraal and James Sammons were chosen to participate in this year’s program. Kraal and Sammons will work with students from 11 other institutions: Amherst College, Beloit College, Carleton College, Colorado College, Franklin and Marshall College, Pomona College, Smith College,Trinity Univer- sity, Whitman College, Williams Col- lege and College of Wooster. “This program gives students an out- standingopportunity to pursuetheirown scientific research, one of the most im- portant aspects of scientific training,” said Cathryn Manduca, research associ- ated at Carleton College which is the headquarters for the consortium. This summer’s consortium offers six faculty-studentresearch projects for jun- iors and two for sophomores. The topics vary from geology of central Colorado to studies of geologic features on Mars and Venus. “My research will focus on Mars,” Kraal said. “I’m excited that I get to pick an area that interests me and ex- plore it this summer.” The W.M. Keck Foundation, one of the country’s largest educational grant-making foundations, was es- tablished in 1954 by the late Will- iam M. Keck, founder of the Supe- rior Oil Company. The consortium has existed for 10 years with funding from the foundation that now totals $4.4 million. 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IT’: Joe. v -—~ «......_ ,..._...... know we7dr::ke up in’ high school, bail’--o ’ ure you ol.on‘l' \\ remember me? Yes, ]_’,,_1 behihalyou in l.sT3ro.J,¢. ThcL"f'.s The one wfi, pulled your pig fails. -._.._‘_.._._$___~ 7?/(, MARCH 10. 1997 ’ Gaines workout , stinky Let’s face it, a small win- dowless room without proper air circulation and carpet floors is not the best place to stick a hodge- podge of workout equipment, and Life on the Hill C.E. Miller ’98 Democratic fundraising improper President Clinton ’s micro-managing of fimdraising diverted his attention As rumors of special councils abound, Republicans scream, the Justice Department balks, and Senator Fred Thompson prepares his Congressional investigation, the From" the Right Jason Zacher ’98 Ring-tum Phi Editorial Editor American voter simply wants two things: an end to the scandal and campaign finance reform. The Democratic campaign money scandal is a complex weave of people, corporations and coun- tries. What has really gone on? Who is really at the center of the matter? WJ1o.stands to win and i lose? With all the speculation and accusations, it is nearly impossible to know. Hopefully I can try and shed some light into the matter over the next two weeks. Before we start with this, we need some background. After the Republican victories in 1 994, Presi- dent Clinton and the,Democratic National Committee realized that in order to get reelected, a massive fund raising push must be made. And as is the case with any politi- cal fund raising effort, incentives had to be found. In early 1995 the DNC decided to ask the president to make time for major contributers to partici- pate in social activities with the president. In a return memo, Mr. Clinton proposed that contributers that paid $50,000 to $100,000 could “sleepover” at the White House. On the back of the memo, Mr. Clinton wrote, “Ready to start over- nights right away.” After that point, Mr. Clinton was involved in mi- cro-managing the fund—raising ef- fort until the election. FD: Puke I know that to be a good colum- nist, you really shouldn’t write the same thing over and over again, it can get really tedious for the reader, GreenLand . Betsy Green ’97 and there is only enough material about any given thing. But some- times there is a topic that lends itself to be written about again and again. For some people, appar- ently it is their homophobia. For me (and for this column), it’s Fancy Dress. Try not to think of this as redundant. And if you haven’t found your date yet, try not to think of this as a cruel attempt to remind you of that fact. Instead, try to think ofthis column as an in-depth report/sociological study. Or what- even I’m coming up on my fourth FD, and I like to think l’ve learned a thing or two. l’ve seen fire and l’ve seen rain. And l’ve noticed that each class approaches Fancy Dress with consistent attitudes. Originally it was envisioned that the president and vice president could have coffee with contribu- tors as a “thank you” for the money. Since January 1995, there were 103 coffees with contributors. And in President Clinton’s first term, 938 guests stayed at the White House. What effect has this had? * White House official Evelyn Lieberman wrote a memo to policy advisers that issue briefings would be “considerably truncated or eliminated” so Clinton could ad- here to his find raising schedule. - In a dramatic policy turn-around, Mr. Clinton was quoted as saying that assault rifles were, “a tool that Americans can use to fight crime.” This came immediately after a cof- fee with leaders of the} NRA. What is legal and illegpl in this whole mess? Well, ‘the Justice Department has said that the Presi- dent may host people at the White House whether they have contrib- uted money or not, and the presi- dent and vice president may solicit donations as long as they are not on government property. What is il- legal is soliciting contributions on government property and having federal employees solicit money for a political party. Mr. Clinton has repeatedly de- nied that the coffees and “over- nights” were used to solicit money, and that nothing improper hap- pened. Though since he said that, many improper activities have sur- faced. Johnny Chung, a California businessman, gave $50,000 to the DNC and got invited with six Chi- nese officials to watch the taping of Mr. Clinton’s radio address in March 1995. These officials were the heads of Chinese state oil and trading companies. Last week, it surfaced that this check was pre- sented to one of Hillary Clinton’s aides inside the White House. An- other Democratic fund-raiser, Mark Middleton, solicited a $15 million contribution in 1995 from Liu Taiying, chief financial officer for Taiwan’s Kuomintang Party. Possibly the most questionable was the money that came from John Huang. Huang was the vice chairman of the Lippo Group, an “White House official Evelyn Lieberman wrote a memo to policy advisers that issue brief- ings would be ‘considerably truncated or eliminated’. . . . 79 Indonesian Conglomerate with strong ties to China. Huang even- tually became a DNC fund-raiser. Lippo’s high investment rate in China makes an open trade policy with the United States very valu- able to their interests. Huang’s fund raising activities have re- ceived much attention since the election. The Washington Post accused Huang recently of offering $45,000 to two associates if they would accept $250,000 to donate to the DNC. Though the two denied the money, the Post speculated that Huang might be involved in awider money laundering scheme. Huang also reportedly took money from individual contributions and other events, and reported them as money raised at two dinnerswhich Mr. Clinton attended. This raised much speculation as to where the money came from. To the DNC’s defense, they have returned $3 million in con- tributions, almost half that was raised by Huang. Their internal investigation has not been con- cluded yet. Senator Fred Thomp- son is preparing his congressional investigation, and Attorney Gen- eral Janet Reno is still fending off questions about a special council. Though there is a tremendous grey area surrounding Mr. Clinton and the DNC, it is clear that even though these actions may not be illegal, they are clearly improper. There is really nothing that can come from this, since the election is over, but what could possibly happen is the tarnishing of some distinguished political careers, like that of Vice President Gore. The Republicans need to tread lightly and not try to make the investiga- tions a Clinton-bashing party. That strategy will backfire and hurt the Republican party. If a real Watergate-type of scan- dal does come out of this, the offenders need to be punished quickly and severely. Money is an integral part of politics, and if someone shares the beliefs of a candidate, they should be able to help them get elected. However, fund raising should never hurt the implementation of policy, never be done in foreign countries and should never be done by federal employees who should be con- yet that’s what our university has done. For the few students, faculty, deans, and professors who have never ventured into the dungeon (also known as the Gaines workout room) the facil- ity stinks. I hadn’t done much work- out since freshman year, when I was still intent on keeping off the freshman 15. But I do re- member being able to walk in and pretty much find a cycle or Nordictrac to burn calories on. Since the sophomores were forc- ibly moved into Gaines, use of the facility seems to have tripled. Duringpeak work out times such as 3 p.m. one is hard pressed to find even the rowing machine available for use. When winter weather drives the joggers inside, the dun- geon begins to resemble a room of torture. When I decided to try and lose that freshman 15 this year, I discovered the dire straits of the workout situation at our school. I realize this University has a lack of space problem, but that still does not excuse the other problems with the workout room. First there is the ventilation, or lack thereof. The air is never turned on, and the stale stench of sweat hangs in the air for hours. Often I walk into the dun- geon at 7 a.m. only to breath in the putrid air of last nights work- outs.‘ ‘ ‘ « ‘ help circulation are not much use. The standing fan is trapped in-between the stair steppers, and rarely cools but one person. The thing that won’t let you stick your fingers in the fan is miss- ing. This is a serious safety haz- ard—take note the death blades will remove appendages. The other is a floor fan, and often keeps my ankles at a comfort- able temperature. It boils down to not much help at all. After ’The two fans available to,‘ room more like a dungeon leaving the sauna like dungeon, the wintertemperatures are a welcome relie. ’‘ Secondly the machines the University has chosen to place in the small area are out of date, and worn out (this crap is falling ‘ apart) There is no easy way to lower the seats on the cycles. I have often made a fool of myself tryingto pull the rusted peg from hole number seven. This effort y usually results in me falling down, and the peg remaining in its hole. The stair steppers are of- ten broken, with one step perma- V nently stuck to the floor. Only it is really hard to tell this until you wander over and try to get the old biddy going. Then you, suffer morbid embarrassment while the other users stare at you (no one is ever nice enough to let you know before hand that the machine from hell is not; working.) Thirdly, there is no music. So unless you bring your Walkman and a supply of batter- ies you end up listening to your English professor grunt and groan on the Nordictrack. The weight room, although not in tip- top shape, at least has a central, sound system that effectively blocks obscene workout sounds. In an effort to help speed up rotation on the aerobic machines the powers that be have posted“ helpful signs. These signs po- litely suggest limitingyour work- out to 30 minutes when other people are waiting. Nice, but not very effective. ll Finally there’s the carpet. The thingis that it absorbs sweat, and unfortunately this particu- lar carpet has absorbed a lot of, sweat. This is not just a student problem. I hope support for an updated facility will come from many different levels. This room‘ is used daily by professors, by students, by faculty. If we all get together and make a stand we can force the University to spend, some money than will benefit everyone on this campus. It is time more attention and money is paid to the health and well-being of this commu-1. nity. The dungeon needs to be remodeled, or at least updated into something that would pass Quote of the Week “You’re undressing me. "‘ Why aren’t you a Beta?” V on the President’s pants Freshmen usually have a roman- tic idea about what Fancy Dress is, and now it’s coming. It is not going to be like the sock hops you went to in high school. No, this is isn’t just a dance or even a prom. “Before you know it, Cinderella is really a pumpkin, and Prince Charming is cleaning up his fraternity basement.” l This is a ball. Freshmen want to be either Cinderella or Prince Charm- ing. They try their hardest to make Fancy Dress a romantic evening to remember, from bringing their date flowers, to threading sequins into their hair, Guys: Do NOT try the sequin thing. These romantic fresh- men are bound and determined to fall madly in love with their FD date and to spend the comingspring term basking in the sun at Goshen with the new-found love of their lives. Unfortunately, they have forgotten that in what passes for a dating scene at Washington and Lee, this seldom happens. Before you know it, Cinderella is really a pumpkin, and Prince Charming is cleaning up his fraternity basement. By sophomore year, you’re still pretty bitter about freshman year. Sophomores are bound and deter- mined to go to the ball with some- one they are in no way romanti- cally interested in. Sophomore women will go with some guy who asked them the Wednesday be- fore, whose last name they aren’t sure of. Sophomore men will get fixed up with their best buddy’s girlfriend’s hallmate’s cousin from Hollins. Either gender of sopho- mores will ditch their date and spend the rest of the weekend avoiding them to smoke cigarswith their friends. Junior year, W&L students have centrating on their jobs. This is )r where the We Scandal hes’ - an anonymous upperclassman after a hard t : - ~ Nex week Who are the Wednesday mght. . winners and losers? rt I-' - av Elhr 1Rtng—t11m iflln - it typically redeemed themselves Executive Editor .............................................................. ....A11ne Alvord from the disaster of the previous Managing Editor ........................................................... ..H1llary Coombs . News Editor ....................................................................... ..Tarah Grant year and have a Steady boyfriend Assistant News Editor ....................................................... ..Tom Wadlow or girlfriend they go with. It’s a safe, easy date. There are no ma- jorfights ordisappointments. You have a solid time, but somehow feel there is something missing. Your senior year, you start to feel sentimental. You re- mark to your friends again and again that this is your very last undergraduate FD. Who knows where you’ll be in a year? So why not make this one count? This Fancy Dress, you know, will be the best ever. Your date is a really good friend. You and your other friends spend thousands ofdol- lars at The Palms, are too hazy to see the decorations, throw up on President Elrod and have a fantastic time. At least, you have understood the true spirit of FD. No, not heavy drinking, although that might be a part of it. The best way to approach FD is to have no expectations except for it to be a really good time. dent. and obscenity. .............................. ..Jason Zacher ........................ ..Bethany Bauman 7" ............................. ..David Balsley Editorial Page Editor ........................ .. Sports Editor ................................... .. Features Editor ................................ .. Assistant Features Editor ............... .. Photographer .................................. .. ........................... ..Mark Slomiany ........... ..Neal Kohl, Blake Lovelace Business Managers .......................... .. _ ............................. ..Rebecca Cuny T Advertising Assistant ....................... .. The Ring-tum Phi is published Mondays during the undergraduate school year at Washington and Lee University, Lexington. Virginia. Funding for The Ring-tum Phi comes primarily from advertising and subscription revenues. 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Virginia 24450 Telephone: (540) 462-4060 ’ Fax: (540) 462-4059 E-mail: phi@wlu.edu ........... ..Andrea Ewing OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19970310/WLURG39_RTP_19970310_003.2.txt n MARCH 10, 1997 PAGE 3 V . «Banaralln BY DAVID BALSLEY PHI FEATURES EDITOR for three classes each week and re- hearsing on the weekends. Crockett enjoys sceingthe results lvlusicd Lades celebrate Women's Hsiorg Mon BY ANDREA EWING I )( fh' stud t ’ h rd w irk Accord PHI FEATURES EDITOR 0 IS on s a ( . - One of the few university lan- ing to Crockett, the play improves _ . . _ jguagc plays in Virginia will be per_ hisstudcms. Sc”-monfidcncc in their WhatdoEthe|Waters,Billiel-lolitlayand Barharastreissand f0fmed here this WC€l<- ability to speak conversational Gcr- have m common? H ' Generalprobe, 3 German-lam man. Songsperformedbycaclifemalewillbeapartofthe Musicnl , guage group, will present the nine- “The focus ofwhatwe do is notso Ladws program 8 p'm' Tuesdlw eV°."‘“3 in the Genemlsi .' teenth century Viennese play Einen much a polished production, but Headquarters‘TeeelebmleW"me“’SH'5t°’Y M°“”‘iw°“‘e“’5 ilJux will er sich machenon Wednes- rallier a language-learning experi- Fewm’ Office of Swdem Aetlvmes ‘me Asseelme Dem‘ “ii ‘day and Thursday of this week. ence forthe students,” Crockcttsaid. S‘":l°“‘5 are f’°‘5_P°“5°_""8 ‘he °"°_“‘- _ ” _ Y " Generalprobe consists ofboth fac— “I most enjoy taking a role in the Al°”gw"hd'Se"SS‘“gw°me"'”m”5'e’ Head°f{‘d‘”S°'Y fulty and students of German. The play myself,” Crockett added. Board for Women 5 Forum’ Samh_N' Meldmm S‘“d’ “ihey ‘group’ whose name translates to “Other than that, r most enjoy the perform several songs by female artists.” The Musical Ladies “dress rehearsal» and puns waSh_ progress the Students make: thatas will present information about the history ofwomen in music no ington and Lee/S..GenemlS,,, has pep what I do’ pm a language teacher], and present different songs pertaining to the artists being dis- formed plays at W&L since 1992. According to Crockett, develop- cussed‘ _ _ _ ' According to Professor Roger ing this self-confidence and over- D"eet°r ef Student Ae“"‘“e5 and Residence Pmgmms ‘ Crockett, who co-directs the play photo courresy or pmressor. ccker coming their fears of being able to hf/llfihelleL-ll;‘:f:ard5°“aPPT°a°hed W0mF"’§:0|'Um8nd'f1Sk€d i and performs in the role of the evil , perform in a foreign language are ' t ey w°"_ ‘_ ete e°SP°"S°r_a" event °’ emenis Hlslory ; "uncle, this year’s performance is “a Generalprobe Weds German and theater. the greatest challenges faced by the Memh’ wmeh ‘5 March‘ Mme”! Ladies was a"‘°“g Seveml .. comedy of mistaken idemity_,, Generalprobe pr-oducesaGe1-man language play each year, including students_ _ suggestions. Chosen because of interest, the performance , ‘flt is a nineteenth century last yea.r'sDon Juan, whose weddingsceneisshown here. “I have the greatest respect for Shefld aiipealteege“e’ela“d‘e“ee°_ _ ” _ j'Viennese farce, in which the author, the students for that reason,” lee“ tk"°wm“eheb°“t“'°me”'"h'5‘°'y’ Meldrumsmdi " Johann Nostroy, takes certain out- ourgroup,the Generalprobe, is dedi- Members of Generalprobe con- Crockett said_ “a"dIT°°°g“lZedthe namesofonl)’afewofiheanlslsssoa'0‘ I ' rnoded oonvontions to task, in par- cated to putting on a play that can be struct the sets themselves with funds Both Crockett and Perkins prom- Ofthe mformailon Should be new-” ll _ticular the arrangement of marriages _"for financial gain,” said Crockett. The plot of the play revolves around two young lovers who try to k‘ outwit the girl’s uncle, who has in- tended her for someone else; a man ‘ who wishes to have one last fling "before assuming his new, monoto- nous career; and the farcical events 9 which combine these two stories. According to Crockett, although the play is performed entirely in German, most students should be able to understand and enjoy the performance. “The play is highly gestural, and enjoyed by people who may not speak German very well,” said Crockett_. “It’s a comedy: even if you don’t understand it, you will laugh,” said Liz Perkins, who portrays Christopher] in the play. Also, the plot will be described in the synopsis in detail. Among the difficulties of produc- ing the play, Crockett lists the prob- lems associated with building the sets in his home. “Constructing sets in my den has always been difficult, but it’s a nice challenge,” notes Crockett. provided by the German department. Crockett also lists the difficulty of learning lines in German as one of the major challenges associated with producing the play. “I credit the students with being able to do it,” Crockett said. Perkins adds that the lines are especially difficult to remember be- cause they differ from standard Ger- man: they are written in a Viennese dialect, occasionally with vernacu- lar, incorrect grammar. Uptothe challenge, Generalprobe has been working on the play since the beginning of January, meeting isethat the play willbealotoffunto watch. “lt’s going to be full of surprises,” said Perkins. One evening this week, go see the surprises which Generalprobe has in store for you. Who knows? You may pick up a little German in the process. Generalprobe will per arm on Wednesday, Marc/z I2, and Thurs- day, March 13, at 8:00 p.m in Keller Theater. Admission for the performances are free. The au- dience is encouraged to sit in the front rows. " T he N udes promise 50 ulful performance I K *lVl“II scheduled to host Bi 4?. 4. 1! BY DAVID BALSLEY {BY KATHRYN MAYURNIK Dll issues wornin ern-day tampons might be even more endometriosis in monkeys. :_PHl STAFF WRITER About 1500 B.C., an Egyptian de- ;scribed how lint was inserted into a Iwoman’s vagina to prevent conception. The Museum of Menstruation, located in iMaryland,speculatesthatthismighthave been the first tampon, thousands ofyears ;before Tampax revealed its invention in £1936. Recent reports suggest that mod- barbaric than lint. The major brands—-Playtex, o.b., Tampax and KotexA contain rayon. Rayon contains dioxin, a potentially harmful by-product of the chlorine- bleachingprocessatpaperand pulpmills. In 1992, the Food and Drug Administra- tion announced that dioxin was carcino- genic,toxictotheimmune and reproduc- tive system, and could cause birth de- fects. Dioxin has also been linked to many people are exposed to dioxin through polluted water, poultry and fish, women are bombarded with much more through tampon use. Aecordingto a February 1995 Village Voice article, Tambrands Inc. said that dioxin is not a“public health threat.” The EnvironmentalProtection agency claims that dioxin’s real threat comes from ex- tended exposure. Since about 73 million women use tampons, and on average EBY C.E. MILLER "PHI STAFF WRITER The 16th annual Christian I Emphasis Weekend willbe held V at Virginia Military Institute. BigTentRevival,which was nominated for a Grammy this 9 year will perform at 7:30 p.m. BTR has released two compact discs will perform “Open All Night” and a self—titled release. Three singles from “Open All Night” have reached number one on the Christian Rock chart including “Mend Me.” The concert is $5 at the door. “The cadets actually brought BTR to my attention,” Chap- lain to the Corps of Cadets Jim It Park said, “I didn’t know how if popular they were.” The Chaplain’s office hosts this event organized by mem- bers of the Religious Activities Committee. Many of the local churches and local colleges are also involved in the weekend. Park is expecting 1,000-1,200 people to attend the event. The weekend willbeginwith a sit-down candlelight dinner in Moody Hall. Reservations are required and the cost is $5. Amanda lBradford a Washing- ton and Lee junior will sing. Lt. C l. Tom Hemingway willspeal:on thetheme“A Life for a Life for a Lifetime.” The theme focuses on the applica- tions of Jesus Christ’s death and his r surrection for Chris- tians irl: today’s society. Hemingway served two tours in Vietn m. Afterretiring from Marine orps, hejoined Prom- ise Kecpers, an all male Chris- tian Organization. He nowtrav- ..~....;; x.'.;.'.“I..-13.2.: '..:r:*::;. _*;.'; . els around the country speak- ing for the organization . Recording artist Danny Bryam will perform in Lejeune Hall on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Thisisafree eon- cert and Bryam will perform songs from his five compact discs. He has played to au- diences around the world and returns to his sixth perfor- mance at the Christian Em- phasis Weekend. Miss Virginia 1996 Michelle Kang will speak after BTR’s performance Sunday night. She willshare some of her experiences as a Christian Miss Virginia. “This is not just a VMl event,” Park said, “it is a way to involve the area Christiansin an eventthe cel- ebrates Christ.” icni icvivai 3 “J. g ogoinsi rogon iompons Although uses 11,400 tampons in a lifetime, “ex- tended” exposure is an understatement to what women experience. (7 February 1995, Village Voice) To order 100% cotton, unbleached tampons, write to: Natracare, 191 Uni- versity Blvd, Suite 294, Denver, CO, 80206. To find out more about tampons, the Museum of Menstruation, and other women’s issues, check out the website: http://critpath.org/~tracy/spot.html. Big Tent Revival, pictured here, will perform at VMI’s Christian Emphasis Weekend. “I have heard a lot of enthusiasm,” sophomore Kender Archer said, “It [Musical Ladies] sounds really good and should be fun.” SOUTHERN VIRGINIA COLLEGE INCREASES RECRUITING EFFOFIIS BY C. E. MILLER PHI STAFF WRITER Southern Virginia College is playing a member game. The College is trying to increase enrollment by 200 percent. Seventy-four students enrolled last September under broad curriculum changes introduced by a new Board Trustees . In January, the student body increased to 99 students. “The first students really took a chance in coming here,” Vice President of SVC Ralph J. Olmo said, “they are truly pioneers.” If the college hopes to survive, it needs to steadily increase “J Sweeps of Wimerjs ee“_° and enrollment. By the year 2000, Olmo and the Board of Trustees PHI FEATURES EDITOR Pafks’ l_3l“°5 and J3ZZ‘““ged predict 600 students will be attending classes. g‘“‘3_r rlffs Create“ fresh end “We have a very high attrition rate,” Olmo said, “which Students and faculty of sophlsucaied Soimci unlike emakes these numbers all the more difficu.lt to meets’? Washington and Lee Univer- any other m mujsleei 9 "‘Bec'au:se'lnios't ofthe students are irieiiibers-61°-"l‘he’Chiurch of sity are invited to come en- Rehx magazme Calls the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, most of the freshman males joy the “sophisticated and group “fhe most fun you can leave after the first year to serve missions. The church requires soulful” sound of the Nudes have wlth your Clothes e"’” that all 19-year-old men serve a two year mission. this Friday. ?:d_ThfbNewt_Yf0rlke_r Pralees According to Olmo, there are four different ways the college I; The Nudes consist of e” ea” ' "_’ Jazz""' is recruiting students for next year. Walter Parks, who sings and fleeted folk m”S'e'” The first and most effective tool is word of mouth. Each plays guitar, in addition to Come hear the Nudes for memberofthecollege,fromtheboardtostudents,isexcited and writing the group’s songs, yourself ""5 Fnday at 9:00 eager to talk about the school. Members from the school and Stephanie Winters, who P'm' m ‘he GHQ‘ participated in firesides with the other prominent Latter-day ‘V sings and plays cello. . Saint schools: Brigham Young University and Ricks College. The Nudes’ recordingsin- Fridays! Win SP°n5°1' the The firesides are gatherings of LDS members interested in clude their self-titled debut Nu_des.anacousticduo.this attending college. CD and 3 1995 retease titted Friday in the GHQ. The The college hopes to join the mid-Atlantic tour with the two “Vg]Vet Sofa,” In addition, group’s Walter‘ Parks and schools. This would allow them to reach audiences in many the duo has been featured on Slfiephafiue Winters are states. So far SVC has talked with students in Atlanta, Ga. and ’_ several compilation albums. 0W“ 91‘e- Norther" Virginia- A press release for the Photo courtesy of Thesecondrecruitmentmethodisspecialeventssuchasopen _ group states, “The emotional Mrcheue Richardson housesthat allowthe local public to get more information about 5 ,r ; the school. SVC also holds firesides of its own that sometimes feature well-known speakers For its third point of attack, SVC recently mailed information to 11,000 who took the Scholastic Achievement Test or the American College Test and marked that they were LDS. “It is too early to tell how effective these mailings were,” Olmo said, but we hope to reach those students who don’t know there is a third opportunity to attend a college with a high percentage of LDS students.” Lastly,thecollege has maintaineditsequine network. Before the board, change, SVC was well-known for its excellent horsemanship program. The school is commited to preserving that image and hopes to attract students who are interested in its equine program. Although SVC has not yet received accreditation, it has submitted its application to award degrees to the Virginia State Education Authority. “I am confident that we stand a good chance of approval,” Olmo said. The school has decided to enhance its areas ofcoiicentration to include specialized subjects such as pre-law, business, and pre-med to help students in preparation for graduate school. Currently, the school’s liberal arts program center around the great arts,astudy ofliterature from Plato to William Shakespeare. I Photo byeMarkiSIomlany Frank Roupas, a ballroom instructor, instructs two of his students in Fairfax Lounge. Roupas offers lessons every Tuesday and Wednesday. OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19970310/WLURG39_RTP_19970310_004.2.txt PAGE 4 ADVERTISING VISA Alliiiillit-=@JEfll,i[1Ii[i$ 102 W. Washington St. GET "R€‘(cEN'T §§ FOKGETTOBEGIN gg Willi A DEEP, - CLEANE>lNG BREATH. % 2 \‘mo\)(>\kT OUR FlNN_ RE\NiARV> ‘N0uu> BE Ix L\TTLE MORE °;.9.9:.;:".:-.:°..*::.€*.:W-'"°~ p “'1’Sn0la ariicua lar eiroul. Ut- an -ifs In r paration forchildbirth, Vivian an .» ‘I P puttilngyup ag good figgtfiv d g ifully attendaweekly Le Mans cg: . 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Representatives (2) 1 Sophomore E.C. Representatives (2) i »« Senior Class President V Senior Class Vice Presidents (2) A ~ Junior Class President Junior Class Vice President * Sophomore Class President . Sophomore Class Vice President . Petitions are due Monday, March 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the E.C. Office. « This meeting is MANDATORY for all candidates. 1‘ Petitions are available in front of Carol Calkins’ office in the University Center. OCR::/Vol_097_098/WLURG39_RTP_19970310/WLURG39_RTP_19970310_006.2.txt 3 PAGE 6 Film iRing-t PO LACROSSE, TENNIS, BASEBALL, BASRFTBALL, GOLF . 3,‘ t.T)-5 sportsmiscenany BY ScoiTTiBookw, . . I felt like. doi-fig W3$.wr_iti:_ng a colum‘"n‘i1—1;': I was thinking about running a . A::,.BeSt0f:At,h. B.. .. . .. .. . . . ay" ouldmake fix ‘ _stabi$éd,‘shEnifiind Sincefithisiwasfuithe"weekendof ’m'y:21_st thelast t _1g Fan eol_um_n,'_ but that would requiremore’ time to dig,upfH, Support the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse at the Kappa Delta Shamrock Project Bake Sale Today and Tomorrow Outside the Co-op Men’s lax dominates Women ’s lax opens W&L Invitational ERIKA WOODSON PHI STAFF WRITER This weekend marked the Wash- ington and Lee lnvitational Lacrosse Tournament. The tourney promised exciting match-ups, presumably be- tween the 11th (Cortland) and 9th- ranked (W&L) teams in the country. These match-ups never happened how- ever, due to Greensboro’s upset of Cortland in the opening round. Three of the four games turned out to be mismatched, but provided reasons to cheer if you were Ande Jenkins, Tom Fallace orjust a General in general. W&L (#9) manhandled unranked Shenandoah Saturday in the first game, beginning at noon, to the tune of 26-2. High scorers were junior Tom Fallace with 6 goals, senior Shane McLaughlin with 5 goals and 1 assist and senior Ande Jenkins with 3 goals and 3 as- sists. Twelve Generals scored on hap- less Shenandoah, which failed to score until the second half of the fourth quarter. Cortland (#11) and unranked Greensboro then took the field at 2:30 p.m. to play out what should have been a repeat performance. Greens- boro pulled the shocker of the tourna- ment,however,upsettingCortland10- 9 and setting up the next days m‘s- matched games in the championship and consolation brackets. Cortland met and conquered Shenandoah Sunday’s noon game, making amends forthe previous day’s loss by posting 14 goals to their opponent’s 5 to take third place in this year’s tournament. The championship game started with a goal from Greensboro, but then the Generals took control. The awe- some W&L defense limited their op- ponent from every possible angle as the offense 5 .epped up their game as well as their scoring records. Jenkins reset his old scoring record (set at Shenandoah the previous sea- son) with 7 goals and 6 assists. Fallace had another incredible day, netting 4 goals and 5 assists for a grand total of 15 points for the weekend’. When the dust had cleared, W&L had triumphed with another huge win--17-7. The Generals have their next home game the Saturday afternoon of FD Weekend when they play Franklin & Marshall at 2 p.m. W&L names Detwiler tennis center manager COURTESY OF W&L SPORTS INFORMATION Washington and Lee University an- nounced that David Detwiler has been named as Manager of the Duchossois Tennis Center and an assistant women’s tennis coach at the school. Detwilerisa1989 graduate ofFurman University and spentfthe past eight years as Tennis Director at Shadow Oaks Racquet Club in Greenville, South Carolina. V “David adds a wealth of playing, teaching and coaching experience to our tennis offerings,” said Director of Athletics Mike Walsh. “His knowl- edge, experience and enthusiasm will be a tremendous boost to the W&L, Lexington and Roekbridge County tennis community.” Detwiler will oversee the daily operations of the Duchossois Tennis Center, a spectacular four-court in- door facility that was recently com- pleted and hosted its first competition Feb. 28. The funding of the facility was donated by Richard Duchossois, W&L Class of 1944, to honor former W&L president Dr. John D. Wilson and his wife Anne. The facility fea- tures a dramatic gatehouse entrance and a spacious spectator gallery that runs the length of all four courts. “Through the generosity of Mr. Duchossois, W&L possesses an in- door tennis facility that is second to none,” said Walsh. “We’re proud to open it to our faculty, staff and stu- dents and equally proud that the build- ing fits the architectural beauty of the front campus.” The building will open to faculty, staffand students Mar. 17. Court time can be reserved by calling the DuchossoisTennis Center at 463-81 18 and courts can be reserved one day in advance. - Detwiler was a four-year letterwinner at Furman and served as a team captain in 1988. He won two Southern Conferencesinglestitles and three doubles titles during his career while helping the Paladins to two league championships. in 1993 he won the National 25 clay court doubles championship and the Southern 25 singles clay court championship. The Lancaster, Ohio native was also a nationally ranked USTA junior player. “I’m looking forward to the chal- lenge of getting a new place started, and I really like the college environ- ment,” said Detwiler. “l’ve been to a lot of indoor tennis facilities, and this is one of the best l’ve seen.” Women’s tennis opens by trouncing Hollins Scorr BOOKWALTER PHI STAFF WRITER The Washington and Lee women’s tennis team opened its spring season Wednesday after- noon by trouncing Hollins Col- lege, 5-0, in Lexington. The Generals had relatively few problems with Hollinsthroughoutthe rain—short— ened match, especially in singles play,wherejuniors Natalia Garcia and Ericka Shapard lost only one game between them. Garcia, playing once again in her customary #1 slot, ran her ca- reer singles record to 53-11 by destroying Hollins’ Ashley Ro- nald, 6-0, 6-0. Please submit a cover letter and resume to the box in front of Carol Calkin’s office in the University Center. Hollins’ Cristen Morgan man- aged to win one game against Shapard at #2, but that was all she could do as Shapard dispatched her, 6-0, 6-1. The W&L rout continued in doubles play as Garcia and sopho- more Mary Celeste Foster pounded on Ronald and Morgan, 8-2, at the #1 spot. Shapard and junior Bryce Bendall followed suit in their #2 match by winning 8-2, and fresh- men Ashley Buck and Lindsey Collins debuted in impressive fashion at #3 by blowing away their Hollins counterparts, 8-1. The women’s tennis team, ranked fourth in Division ill, will nexttaketothe courts Thursday at home against Kenyon College. JENNlFER AGIESTA PHI STAFF WRITER W&L Women’s Lacrosse opened their ODAC season with 2 wins this week against Bridgewater and Randolph-Macon. The Generals disposed of Bridgewater easily in a 14-4 victory Wednesday afternoon. ErikaSnyder’s 3 goals boosted her to within one goal of seventh place on the all-time goals season with two wins MARCH 10, 1997 '. Photo by Mark Slomiany; scored list at W&L. The Generals win over Randolph- ' Macon on Saturday was an important one for the team. in one ofthe biggest ' games of the season, W&L pulled out a 6-5 win. The game was tied 5-5 until the last few minutes ofthe game when freshman Katherine Riddle scored the game winner. The 3-0 opening record is a spring- board for a season full of potential for the Generals. The women face Lynchburg away Thursday. Golf The Generals will open their sea- son today at E1on’s Max Ward Invi- tational. Baseball The Generals first win ofthe sea- son was memorable as W&L knocked off three-time defending on Wednesday. The victory in W&L’s home opener snapped Bridgewater’s record 31—game ODAC winning streak. Freshman Christian Batcheller went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four RBI and leadoff hitter Tucker Bixby was 2- for-2 with three runs scored. Sopho- more Bob Weston went six innings to pick up the win. Last week W&L fell to Mary Washington 9-5 in its only game. Freshman David Hanson went 3-for-3 with two RBI. W&Lhosted WcstVirginiaTech Saturday in a doubleheader. The Generals won the first game of the seriesl 1-9, the second 18-6. Women’s Basketball The Generals first trip to the ODAC women’s basketball tourna- ment ended with a 66-52 loss to Guilford in the Salem Civic Center. The Generals trailed by seven at the half before trimming the margin to 37-35 early in the second half, but Guilford went on a 14-0 run to pull away. Freshman Ansley Miller led W&Lwith l8pointsandToniaDcan added 12 points and 15 rebounds. Freshman Ansley Miller and ODAC champion Bridgewater10-8* Jock Shorts sophomoreAmberHinkle were both named to the honorable mention All- ODAC team. Miller led W&L in scoring (13.5 ppg), three-pointers (28) and steals (45). Hinkle aver- aged 11.2 points and 7.2 rebounds and was W&L’s leading scorer in eight ofthe fmal13 games, including two 25-point games. Men’s Tennis Mar. 1 the 18th-ranked Generals fell 6-1 to third-ranked Emory. W&L won the doubles point in the loss to Emory, but then lost all six singles matches. However, four of those six _ singles losses went to three sets with two of them being decided 7-5 in the final set. W&L had a big weekend against Ohio schools. The Generals defeated 21st-ranked Wooster 5-2 Saturday but fell to 16th-ranked Denison 5-2 on Sunday. Women’s Tennis The Generals opened up their spring schedule with a rain—short- ened 5-0 victory over Hollins Feb. 26. W&L won all three doubles matches and then Natalia Garcia and Ericka Shapard picked up straight set victories in singles before the match was called. W&L also had a match scheduled at Randolph-Macon on last Wednes- day, but that match was rained out. W&L’s next match will be Thurs- day, March 13 when it hosts 1995 NCAA Division lll champion Kenyon. —Cour!csy W&L Sports Informrztion Editor, Fling-tum Phi Business Manager, Fling-tum Phi Editor, Calyx Business Manager, Calyx Editor, Political Review Editor, Journal of Science Editor, Ariel Editor, Arete The Washington & Lee Publications Board is now accepting applications for the positions of All material must be received no later than Friday, March 28, 1997. Interviews conducted on Tuesday, April 1, 1997.